Test System:
- CPU: Intel Core i7 920
- Motherboard: ASUS Rampage III Extreme
- RAM: Mushkin Blackline 3×2GB DDR3
- Video Card: ASUS GTX 580 (ForceWare 263.09)
- Power Supply: Antec TPQ 1200W
- Storage: Western Digital Scorpio Black 320GB
Overclocking:
The ASUS SmartDoctor software was used to get the maximum overclock from our card. SmartDoctor allowed us to raise the core voltage to 1.21v to help get our maximum overclock, which you will see below in the GPU-Z screenshot. We still wonder why ASUS has not updated the GUI of this software. It works great, but looks very old and outdated compared to the other software released from other companies.
Overclocking the GTX 580 was fairly straightforward using software that ASUS has supplied. We ended up achieving an excellent 27% overclock of the core and almost a 10% overclock on the memory while at max voltage. While not exactly the “50% Faster” that was claimed on the box, the overclocks that we were able to reach were great overall.
3dMark:
Crysis Warhead:
With the GTX 580 overclocked, the game performance did increase noticeably in our tests. We will let the charts do most the talking, as they can provide a clearer picture as to what you can expect from stock to overclocked on the ASUS GTX 580.
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CONGRATS !
Do you mean do they ever reach 100% while in normal gaming session or something like that? If that is what you mean, no not during a gaming session. FurMark made the 480 get pretty close, but other than that not many got close to 100.
General usage … Most are pretty quiet. I would say maybe 60% fan speed on average during a long game session. That is on the higher end GPUs. The middle of the range I dont even think would get that high.
Great review Duke
Question about the Fan speeds. You list decibels for each, but do any of the cards ever reach 100%? How does the noise rate on general usage?
Great review, I want a 580 now lol.
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I’m guessing he’s being sarcastic and doesn’t know you can view the graphs in larger size by clicking on them.
Seriously?
Why do you say that?
smaller text in the graphs please!!!1